Tony Coton

Where is Tony Coton now?

Former Manchester City and Watford keeper Tony Coton’s career was unfortunately cut short at the age 35 in 1996 when he suffered a broken leg whilst playing for Sunderland.

Starting his professional career at Birmingham City in 1978, he went onto make over 500 first-team appearances over a 19-year period for six teams winning Player of the Year awards at Watford in 1986 and Manchester City in 1994. He also won Birmingham City’s Player of the Season award in 1982.

On the international stage he was part of a number of England squads under Graham Taylor between 1991 and 1993 but never managed to win a full cap.
 
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Upon hanging up his gloves he joined Manchester United as goalkeeping coach where he stayed for 10 years establishing himself as one of the best goalkeeping coaches in the world.

Unfortunately he had to step down from the role in 2007 due to a knee injury which meant that he couldn’t participate in training sessions.

After working as a scout for Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers, Coton joined Aston Villa in 2015 as their specialist goalkeeping scout responsible for recruitment at every age level including the first team.

He was promoted to Head of Domestic Scouting after a backroom reshuffle in 2017 where he spent two years before moving to former club Sunderland as head of recruitment.

In 2020 he returned to Old Trafford where he currently works as the club’s Chief Goalkeeper Scout.

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Tony Coton: Premier League Statistics

NationalityEnglish
PositionGoalkeeper
Appearances104
Goals0
Yellow Cards4
Red Cards0
Premier League Teams Played forManchester City, Sunderland

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 23 April 2021 by Admin